Did good last week caught 10 in chicken livers. Its getting warmer. I normally rig a 6" steel leader with a egg singer and a 1 or 1/0 bait hook. Im trying to get past the fact that no quicker than I set my line tight to relax and they clean me in no time. Do I need to do something different.? Heavier weight? lighter? Everyone I did catch was eating size or better but I did lose a whole container of livers before I started catching them due to getting my hook cleaned off in such quick time. I caught a 14lb channel catfish a few months back with the same rig but it wasn't this warm.

BTW its gonna be high 70s low 80s all week and I'm going back sunday which will be 77. Lows during the night til then are in the 50s.

I just went catfishing this last weekend And was catching them at 120 feet deep in the underwater channel that run with the dams. It was awesome!!! If I'm using livers, I use a treble hook so they can't steal the bait. I normally use a heavy egg sinker to get it down fast. I.almost rigged like a Carolina rig so when they bite theres no tension otherwise they seem to not gobble it up. My bait of choice is shrimp, and I usually use a 1/0 hook BC it fits perfectly with the shrimps shape. Anyways, that's how I do it.

last year i started wrapping elastic thread around chicken livers to help hold them on, worked pretty good at holding the livers on during the cast and under water...